Fordham University’s faculty and staff remain leaders in their fields, innovating and making meaningful contributions across disciplines. Their dedication and expertise are regularly recognized with prestigious honors and awards. Take a look at the latest achievements from our community below.
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Elaine Congress, DSW, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, associate dean and professor, recently published the fifth edition of her book Multicultural Perspectives in Working with Individuals and Families (Springer Publishing), which assists practitioners in more effectively engaging diverse families across the lifespan.
Dinesh Sharma, PhD, ARTS AND SCIENCES, adjunct professor of psychology, authored a new book, The Orphan Paradox: Destinies, Autocracies, and Democracies in India and the United States, which was published by Bloomsbury on Oct. 29. The book examines why democracies elect “orphaned” outsiders versus “patrician” elites.
Laura Specker Sullivan, PhD, ARTS AND SCIENCES, associate professor of philosophy, published a paper in the American Journal of Bioethics in October together with first-year PhD student Ava Randel, professor Lauren Taylor of NYU, and PhD student Hannah Scotch of Michigan State. Titled “Organizational Trustworthiness: A Commitment Account,” the paper examines conceptions of trustworthiness and proposes that a commitment account, in which a trustworthy organization makes commitments it can keep and has a track record of keeping them, works best for the impersonal, diffuse nature of healthcare organizations.
Tiffany Yip, PhD, ARTS AND SCIENCES, professor of psychology, edited The Cambridge Handbook of Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Youth Development, published by Cambridge University Press this summer. The book examines how ethnic and racial discrimination impacts youth from adolescence to early adulthood, using research and intervention strategies from leading experts on the subject.
